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    The surname Parsley

    A French nickname surname, carried by 6,315 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P624

    Parsley: #5,508 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Parsley #5,508, 6,315 people Parsley: #5,508 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parsley #5,508, 6,315 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parsley is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Altered form, later assimilated by folk etymology to the herb name parsley, of the medieval family name Passelewe, from Old French passer (“to pass”) + la (“the”) + ewe (“water”), probably a nickname for a ferryman or a person who travelled overseas.

    Parsley is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,315 people named Parsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,891 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,374.

    #5,508
    rank among US surnames
    6,315
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,499Ozuna6,32748,798
    #5,500Cifuentes6,32548,814
    #5,502Luevano6,32448,821
    #5,503Shreve6,32148,844
    #5,504McCrea6,32048,852
    #5,505McLellan6,31848,868
    #5,507Myer6,31748,875

    Who is named Parsley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Parsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Parshley
    • Parslow

    Surnames that sound like Parsley

    Parsley has the Soundex code P624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P624.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Parsley come from?
    Altered form, later assimilated by folk etymology to the herb name parsley, of the medieval family name Passelewe, from Old French passer (“to pass”) + la (“the”) + ewe (“water”), probably a nickname for a ferryman or a person who travelled overseas.
    How common is the surname Parsley?
    6,315 people in the United States had the surname Parsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,891 Americans. It ranked 5,508th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parsley?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Parsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Parsley?
    Parsley is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Parsley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,315 in 2010, down 0.9%.
    What are other spellings of Parsley?
    Parshley and Parslow.